Indonesiainside.id, Jakarta – The photo of a rare comet won a prestigious photographic award. This is because the comet will no longer pass through the solar system.
The image shows part of Comet Leonard’s tail breaking off and being blown away by the solar wind, reports the BBC News Indonesia page, Sunday (18/9).
The comet appeared briefly and is visible from Earth in 2021, but has now left our Solar System.
London’s Royal Observatory Greenwich, which organizes the astronomical photography contest, called the images “jaw-dropping”.
The event also honored two 14-year-olds in Sichuan, China, in the Young Astronomical Photographer of the Year category.
The images will be on display in an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in London starting Saturday.
“Comets look different from hour to hour – they’re really amazing,” said award-winning image photographer Gerald Rhemann, of Vienna, Austria.
“A marriage of science and art. Not only is it technically sophisticated and projects the viewer into a deep dark space, but it is visually engaging and emotional,” Dr Hannah Lyons, assistant art curator at Royal Museums Greenwich told the BBC. .
The jury evaluated more than 3,000 astronomical photos from around the world.
Meanwhile, to get the winning image, Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen, both 14, teamed up to photograph the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the Milky Way’s closest and largest neighbors.
The image shows the incredible colors of the galaxies near our galaxy.
“I think this photo shows how beautiful our closest neighbors are,” said Yang Hanwen.
The Young Astronomical Photographer of the Year category is awarded to people under the age of 16.
Dr Lyons said he was “amazed” by the quality of the young photographer, “making the most incredible images”.
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